LIBERAL- One person was injured in an accident just before 5 a.m. on Wednesday in Seward County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Kenworth semi driven by Bobby J. Graham, 50, Stratford, Texas, was westbound on U.S. 54 six miles east of Liberal.
The truck crossed the center line into the on coming lane of traffic and struck a 1999 Freightliner semi driven by James R. Eyster, Ball Ground, GA., down the driver’s side of the truck and trailer.
Both trucks came to rest in the south ditch.
A passenger in the sleeper compartment of the Freightliner Jeffrey D. Johnson, 34, Fairmount, GA., was transported to Southwest Medical Center.
Graham and Eyster were not injured. The KHP reported they were properly restrained at the time of the accident.